Morning Tip-off for Jan. 29

Friday

Jan 29, 2010 at 12:01 AMJan 29, 2010 at 10:12 AM

News and notes from Thursday's area action.

Last night's marquee game
The Galesburg girls basketball team picked up its third win of the Western Big 6 season, getting revenge on United Township for an earlier-season loss in a 67-59 victory in East Moline.

Top performers
— Tai Peachey and Jessica Howard, Galesburg High School, each scored 17 points in the win over United Township.
— Claire McGuire, Monmouth-Roseville, scored 21 points in the Titans' 65-49 win over Farmington.

Quotable
"Right now we're maybe less Grinnell and more uptempo in what we're doing. We're doing a better job at picking out what opponents do." — Galesburg girls basketball coach Evan Massey

Tonight's games

Galesburg Sports
Varsity Boys Basketball

Galesburg at Quincy, 7:30 p.m.

Sophomore Boys Basketball

Galesburg at Quincy, 6 p.m.

Wrestling

Galesburg and Alleman at Rock Island, 6 p.m.

Area Sports
Boys Basketball

Galva at ROWVA, 6 p.m.

Ridgewood at United, 6 p.m.

B-PC/A at Brimfield, 6 p.m.

Abingdon at Peoria Heights, 6 p.m.

Knoxville at Elmwood, 6 p.m.

Lewistown at North Fulton, 6 p.m.

Annawan at West Central, 6 p.m.

Macomb at Monmouth-Roseville, 7:30 p.m.

College Sports
Wrestling

Knox at Pete Wilson Invite, 1 p.m

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